Outside Contractor Sales

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Practice excellent customer service
• Develop methods of presenting Morrison Terrebonne Lumber products and services as alternatives to competitors
• Coordinate jobsite deliveries with delivery personnel
• Perform material takeoffs for customer jobs
• Recommend retail price adjustments to management
• Price special orders from wholesale catalogs or online sources
• Provide regular reporting on sales performance, call history, and upcoming quoting opportunities
• Write orders and special orders using Morrison Terrebonne Lumber point-of-sale systems

Budgets And Financial Performance

• Maintain budgeted or otherwise acceptable level of sales and gross margin across all product categories
• Maintain budgeted mix of customer accounts

Safety & Loss Prevention

• Possess working knowledge of company and store security measures
• Follow company or jobsite safety guidelines and basic safety practices at all times
• Participate in regular store safety meetings
• Utilize care when driving to customer jobsites or other places of business

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2-3 years of previous work experience dealing with retail sales of building materials and hardware to professional contractors
• Strong math, reading, writing, and speaking skills
• Problem-solving ability and good organizational skills
• Ability to communicate using telephone, text and email
• Knowledge of lumber, building materials, blueprint reading, residential homebuilding, contractor sales, and general hardware merchandise is preferred
• Ability to lift and load merchandise weighing up to 100 lbs. for various amounts of time, lift and load merchandise over six feet off the ground, climb a ladder, drive to customer jobsites or other places of business, and maneuver safely at the store, in the yard or warehouse, and at jobsites
• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred

Benefits

• All levels of employment enjoy our fantastic employee discount
• 401k with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Part-Time benefits include Vision, Dental, Critical Illness, and an Accident plan
• Full-Time benefits include Medical, Vision, Dental, LTD/AD&D, STD, Life Insurance, Dependent Life Insurance, Will prep services